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March 8, 2005 4:57 PM PST
Mobile TV tested in Finland
A coalition of Finnish cell phone and technology companies are testing a new service that will allow subscribers to watch live TV broadcasts on their mobile phones.
The project, which will initially include 500 Helsinki-area customers using Nokia smart phones, is part of a broader European move toward bringing interactive TV broadcasts to mobile devices. Phone companies Sonera and Eliza will offer the test broadcasts, which follow an earlier, smaller experiment in Finland last year.
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Why not just use the TV tuner approach and let cellphones get TV signals like normal TV units can? Or like PCs, Gameboy and monitors with TV tuner installed?
I'd rather buy a cellphone that can pick up AM/FM radio signals and local TV channels for free than pay for what I watch. I already heard of prototypes from Asian manufacturers.
If it is possible to make small TVs that can pick up local channels, I bet it is possible to do the same in cellphones.
For consumers who know TV shows can be watched for free on real TVs... TV on cellphones with pay per view mobile TV shows is a big joke!!!
Live TV on mobiles has been around for quite a while. Even on my plain old GPRS - only (no UMTS) I can, if I want to pay for the extra data transfer, watch live broadcasts. Tried it just to see what it looks like.
[http://Miserable, of course, due to GPRS connection speed (~56 kbs). On an UMTS (~760 mbs) phone it is satisfactory.|http://Miserable, of course, due to GPRS connection speed (~56 kbs). On an UMTS (~760 mbs) phone it is satisfactory.]
But really, if an excellent stereo FM tuner / fair mp3 player / bad camera, up to 1gb mmc are built in an ugly small phone like mine (a Nokia 6320, came free of charge with contract extension), why not a TV tuner?